derrick
Example Sentences
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A giant wooden oil derrick serves as a central landmark in Taft, which finances its schools, fire department and police force with oil revenues.
From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025
First cranes, then the drilling derrick and finally the accommodation modules fell into the sea.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025
In Mid-Wilshire, an oil derrick is camouflaged as a nondescript office building.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023
It characterizes the wildcatter and oil derrick as "Texas icons."
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2022
They were on a platform drilling when the derrick began to tremble, as if a locomotive were rushing by.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
